I felt like I was 16 again when I watched this movie last night. Ranma 1/2 is a live action remake of an anime I used to watch when I was much younger. The martial arts/comedy story revolves around Saotome Ranma and his family, acquitances, friends, rivals, and fiance as they battle through many interesting situations while trying to improve their fighting techniques. The only catch is that some of the cast would turn to animals when splashed with cold water. They can revert back with hot water to their former selves. Ranma on the other hand, turns to a girl. Many hilarious situations ensue as they come to terms with this problem.
My only gripe is that not all of the characters made it to the live action transition. Many of my favourites were missing, such as Shampoo. She is a young girl who was promised to be Ranma's wife while they were both very young and have followed Ranma all over the place. When wet, she turns to a pink cat. Ryoga, Ranma's life long rival did not make an appearance either. I guess it was understandable as they need to squeeze eight seasons worth of anime into a two hour movie. Regardless, even a short cameo would have made me happy.
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